Title: Identify the basic structural levels of body organization, anatomical structure, and body cavities.
Course: Surgical Technologist I (14056-I) > Section: Understanding Structures, Functions, and Surgical Pathologies of Body Systems

Identification should include

- chemical components
- planes, quadrants, and regions
  - the organs located in each quadrant or region
- each body system and its general location
- each major organ and its general function
- the location of body cavities.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Where on a body torso or a diagram are the body cavities, abdominal regions, and quadrants of the abdomen? Where on a body torso or a diagram are the subdivisions of the dorsal and ventral cavities?
- What are the planes of the body?
- What are the main directional terms for the body? How is each defined?
- Why is symmetry an important concept for the surgical technologist to understand?